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What You Need To Know About NAFTA and USMCA

Joyce Grant — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 01:39:47 +0000

A big agreement was just made between the United States, Canada and Mexico.
It's complicated--too complicated to explain fully here--but it's good to have an idea about what it is and why it is important.
Back in 1994, the US, Canada and Mexico made a deal to all become "trading partners." That means, each country would partner with the others to make it easy to buy and sell things and services back and forth. That deal was called NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement.
When countries don't have a deal like that, it's sometimes hard for one country to sell things to another country.

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Canada to Lead Trade Missions for Women, LGBTQI, Indigenous Businesses

Joyce Grant — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 00:09:50 +0000

The Canadian government is going to help businesses owned by women, Indigenous peoples, and LGBTQI people (LGBTQI means lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning and intersex people).
The government will create "trade missions" to support their businesses.
A trade mission is when one country -- in this case Canada -- travels to another country in order to talk about increasing the amount of business between the two countries.
Typically, business owners and government officials go to another country, and meet with business owners and government officials there. They discuss ways the countries can work together.

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Facebook CEO Answering Tough Questions From US Government

Joyce Grant — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 15:03:06 +0000

Mark Zuckerberg, the high-profile creator and CEO of social media website Facebook, is being asked a lot of tough questions by the US government.

US Senators were asking him how Facebook uses the personal information it collects on people who use the popular social media website.

When people join Facebook and use it, they provide lots of information on themselves. Companies pay to use that information when they post advertisements.

If they have information about a person -- for instance, whether they have kids, or where they like to go on holiday -- they can do a better job targetting ads at them. That makes the person more likely to buy the product that's being advertised.

That's only one way companies use people's personal information. Other people, who may be less honest, can sometimes use personal information to try to take advantage of people.

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“Fake News” Is Hard For Kids To Spot

Joyce Grant — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 01:50:59 +0000

There is a lot of "fake news" on the Internet. A new study shows that many young people in the United States have a hard time telling "real" from "fake" news.
Fake news is exactly what it sounds like. It's an article that may look just like any other news article--except that it's not true. Unfortunately, many people can't tell the difference.

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Hamburg, Germany Government Bans “Coffee Pods”

Joyce Grant — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 21:21:00 +0000

People have a love-hate relationship with coffee pods. Love the convenience, hate the waste.
Coffee pods or capsules are little plastic or aluminum, coffee containers that are used to brew a single cup of coffee.

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Denver Broncos Win The Super Bowl

Joyce Grant — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 03:04:25 +0000

The Denver Broncos won football's ultimate prize on Sunday: the Superbowl. It was the 50th anniversary of the big game that is held every year at this time.

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World Economic Forum Aims “To Improve The State Of The World”

Joyce Grant — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 20:28:38 +0000

Last week, politicians and business leaders from around the world met in Switzerland to “improve the state of the world.” The meeting is called The World Economic Forum and it happens once a year.

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Biggest Lottery Prize Ever, Up For Grabs: $1.3B US

Joyce Grant — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 18:31:13 +0000

On Wednesdays, the Powerball Lottery organization will choose six random numbers. At $1.3B, this week’s Powerball Lottery jackpot is the largest of any lottery jackpot in history.

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News Quiz: What Do You Remember About 2014? (Part I)

Joyce Grant — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 03:52:12 +0000

How much do you know about the news that happened in 2014? Take our quiz and see how much you remember about these stories from the past year.

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Another Log On The Fire

Joyce Grant — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 05:11:41 +0000

There are many traditions around the holidays.
“Holiday traditions,” in this case are things that people do every year during a holiday such as Christmas or Hannukah.
Usually it is something that people have done for many years, perhaps beginning a long time ago.

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